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Apprentices serving up UK-wide success for small business
Talented apprentices are helping a pie-making business achieve its potential and win UK-wide recognition. Angus-based WeeCOOK is savouring a double victory in food competition, the British Pie Awards.
OPITO and ETZ Ltd Partner to Support All Energy Apprenticeship
A new funding partnership for helping apprenticeship programmes support Scotland’s energy transition has been announced.
#ScotAppWeek22 Blog: Joe Pacitti
Joe Pacitti outlines the importance of including apprenticeships as a route for both employers and individuals to succeed in the sector’s fast paced environment.
Apprentices shine light on their world of work to help spread the word in schools
As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, a group of apprentices met Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) school co-ordinators from across Scotland, to highlight the benefits of the work-based learning by sharing their apprenticeship experiences.
Cost cutting Coca-Cola engineer crowned Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year
Jennifer Kolonko has been named Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year 2022 after bottling success at Coca-Cola Europacific (CCEP) in East Kilbride as a Modern Apprentice.
Youth Employment Minister meets with Advisory Board group of apprentices
As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, Jamie Hepburn MSP met with members of the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board’s Apprentice Engagement Group.
Apprentices shine light on their world of work to help spread the word in schools
As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, a group of apprentices met Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) school co-ordinators from across Scotland, to highlight the benefits of the work-based learning by sharing their apprenticeship experiences.
#ScotAppWeek22 Blog: Stephen Finlayson, Penumbra Mental Health Head of Innovation and Improvement
A partnership between SDS and Penumbra Mental Health produced support materials to help employers, providers and their apprentices. Stephen Finlayson looks at why changes in ways of working and starting a new job are reasons to reinforce positive mental wellbeing in work-based learning.
#ScotAppWeek22 #IWD2022 Blog: Paul Fagan, Head of Employability, West College Scotland
To mark International Women’s Day, Paul Fagan outlines the SDS funded project he is leading in partnership with others to STEM a leaky pipeline of female talent in apprenticeships.
Apprenticeships are the future of the hospitality industry
Blog: Rohaise Rose-Bristow of the Torridon hotel shares her thoughts through her blog for Scottish Apprenticeship Week, on why apprenticeships are so crucial to Scotland’s hospitality sector.
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